Homoeopathic agriculture pioneers

Just as world war two unleashed its fury, Lily Kolisko published 'Agriculture
of Tomorrow'. In her foreword dated September 1939 from London,
Frau Kolisko writes: "It is a rather strange moment in which to write
a book. England has declared war on Germany and nobody knows how long
it will last. It is still stranger perhaps, that the book I am about
to write originates from the German spirit, the true German spirit
which has always been appreciated in the cultivated world." Her task
was (at least) doubled as her colleague and husband Eugen died and his half of the book was put together from his notes by
Lily.

But what a book! Or rather what work is represented by this book. Who else
would dig a shaft 17 m down with trap doors every few metres so that
experiments could be undertaken at various depths to isolate
them from the influence of the Sun? Who would
water plants with the varying
potencies of various substances to see what effect the potencies themselves
would have? Who would plot all these things along with moon phases
and use of the biodynamic preparations in painstaking experiments of
20 years and keep the records so well? Certainly someone with the German
spirit coursing through their veins. Unfortunately the book is out of print although there is now a service
on the web which allows students to view it. It is worth a look and
some serious study by homoeopaths and agriculturalists.

The Koliskos worked directly with Dr Steiner on issues of agriculture for many years before Dr Steiner's death and I assume their enthusiasm was akin to a calling, out of devotion to his great example and energy. If nothing
else is gleaned, for our present purposes it is clear that homoeopathic
formulations affect plants!!

In 1976 Lily died just over the river from where I am writing now. In her last public talk she suggested that the 'light was broken' and this was why it was no longer possible to get the images she had made for her book. It was her opinion that this was the result of the atmospheric testing of nuclear devices from the 1950s onwards.